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SpaceX announces new Falcon 1 launch date

Posted by Hemos on from the trying-to-make-it-this-year dept.

mj_1903 writes "In an extremely frank and open post, SpaceX has announced that the maiden flight of their totally private spacecraft will be held no earlier than the 20th of December. They also outline the mistakes that kept them on the ground including leaving a small valve open that allowed precious liquid oxygen to boil off and the difficulties in getting oxidiser to a remote site. More coverage at Spaceflight Now."

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  1. Re:One thing to be said for private flights... by Glock27 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    so maybe the private endevours would fall under the same kind of scrutiny if they ever became super popular.

    SpaceX should face no such "scrutiny", except from shareholders. We fund NASA, therefore it's accountable to us. SpaceX is a private venture, and as long as it's only lofting cargo payloads it should be fairly immune to public scrutiny.

    (Note that if there are launch failures, SpaceX will likely die quickly.)

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  2. How about... by cniemira · · Score: 2, Interesting
    no earlier than the 20th of December.

    How about a "no later than" date?